# External text with basic html

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-with-basic-html/162750
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**Created:** [September 15, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-with-basic-html/162750 "2005-09-15T22:41:01Z")
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#### Post date: [September 15, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-with-basic-html/162750/1 "2005-09-15T22:41:01Z")

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I am trying to load external .txt files into dynamic text in my flash. I’ve got the text to load in, but I can’t get my dynamic textbox to use html tags.

How do I make the dynamic textbox bold when I put “\<b\>bold this text\</b\> and don’t bold this text” in my text file?

also, when I load text from a text file it has to be in a variable like “textbox1=here is all the garbage to go in box1&textbox2=i love super duper textboxes”  
I only have one variable per text file, so is there a way to avoid using variables in my textfile? as in can I have a txt file with just text in it (no var names or =) and put that into the desired variable?